The Environmental Archaeology of Industry (Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 20)
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The environmental impact of industry is often profound and far-reaching, and has long been present in the cultural landscape, but research into the nature and relative importance of industrial activity has been somewhat neglected by environmental archaeologists. This volume presents eighteen papers deriving from a conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology; they aim to bridge the gap between environmental and industrial archaeology. The papers address several major issues including: the effects of mining and smelting on sedimentation and vegetation in river catchments, the environmental impact of industries which are based on high-temperature processes and require reliable sources of fuel, such as metallurgy, pottery, glass and lime-making; the environmental impact of industrial processes based on biological raw materials, such as horn, bone, hides and shell; and the effects of industry on human health.
The Environmental Archaeology of Industry (Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 20),Peter Murphy,Patricia E. J. Wiltshire,Oxbow Books Limited,1842170848,Archaeology,Archaeology / Anthropology,Congresses,Ecology,Environmental archaeology,Industrial archaeology,Modern - General,Social Science,Sociology,Archaeological theory
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